Lot Essay
This painting will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work being compiled by Glenn C. Peck in cooperation with the artist's daughter.
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Nude with a Parrot
Details
George Wesley Bellows (1882-1925)
Nude with a Parrot
signed 'Geo.Bellows' (lower right)--signed again and inscribed with title and address '146 East 19 St N.Y.' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
40 x 32 in. (101.6 x 81.3 cm.)
Painted in 1915 in Ogunquit, Maine.
Nude with a Parrot
signed 'Geo.Bellows' (lower right)--signed again and inscribed with title and address '146 East 19 St N.Y.' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
40 x 32 in. (101.6 x 81.3 cm.)
Painted in 1915 in Ogunquit, Maine.
Provenance
With National Academy of Design, New York.
Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, New York, 1916.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, New York, 1916.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
Literature
E.S. Bellows, The Paintings of George Bellows, New York, 1929, pl. 53, illustrated.
P. Boswell, Jr., George Bellows, New York, 1942, p. 106, illustrated.
C.H. Morgan, George Bellows: Painter of America, New York, 1965, pp. 191, 338, illustrated.
D. Braider, George Bellows and the Ashcan School of Painting, New York, 1971, p. 98.
P. Boswell, Jr., George Bellows, New York, 1942, p. 106, illustrated.
C.H. Morgan, George Bellows: Painter of America, New York, 1965, pp. 191, 338, illustrated.
D. Braider, George Bellows and the Ashcan School of Painting, New York, 1971, p. 98.
Exhibited
Providence, Rhode Island, Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, October 12-November 9, 1915.
New York, National Academy of Design, Winter Exhibition, December 18, 1915-January 16, 1916, no. 284.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Memorial Exhibition of the Work of George Bellows, October 12-November 22, 1925, no. 22.
Buffalo, New York, The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, Sixty American Paintings from the Whitney Museum at the Albright Art Gallery, November 1-December 2, 1940.
Detroit, Michigan, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Exhibition of Paintings from the Whitney Museum of American Art, February 21-March 23, 1941.
New York, The Gallery of Modern Art Including the Huntington Hartford Collection, George Bellows: Paintings, Drawings, Lithographs, March 15-May 1, 1966, no. 35.
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., George Bellows (1882-1925), May 11, 1975, no. 7.
New York, National Academy of Design, Winter Exhibition, December 18, 1915-January 16, 1916, no. 284.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Memorial Exhibition of the Work of George Bellows, October 12-November 22, 1925, no. 22.
Buffalo, New York, The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, Sixty American Paintings from the Whitney Museum at the Albright Art Gallery, November 1-December 2, 1940.
Detroit, Michigan, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Exhibition of Paintings from the Whitney Museum of American Art, February 21-March 23, 1941.
New York, The Gallery of Modern Art Including the Huntington Hartford Collection, George Bellows: Paintings, Drawings, Lithographs, March 15-May 1, 1966, no. 35.
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., George Bellows (1882-1925), May 11, 1975, no. 7.
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